RESPONSIBILITIES:
Kforce's client in NYC is seeking a highly skilled Senior Fortinet Network Engineer to support and optimize complex Azure and hybrid cloud networking environments.
Summary:
This role is ideal for a hands-on engineer who excels at troubleshooting network connectivity issues, investigating routing and DNS challenges, supporting incident response activities, and validating network resiliency and failover capabilities. This is not a network architecture redesign position. We are looking for someone who can quickly identify root causes, resolve issues, and ensure the stability and performance of mission-critical cloud infrastructure.
Duties:
* Troubleshoot and resolve complex networking issues across Azure and hybrid cloud environments
* Investigate routing, VPN, DNS, firewall, and connectivity problems impacting business-critical applications
* Support incident response efforts and work closely with infrastructure, cloud, and security teams to restore services
* Analyze route propagation, effective routes, asymmetric routing, and network failover scenarios
* Validate high-availability, disaster recovery, and resiliency configurations through testing and analysis
* Support connectivity between Azure, on-premises environments, and AWS
* Review and troubleshoot existing Terraform configurations related to network deployments
* Provide recommendations to improve reliability, availability, and operational performance of cloud networking environments
REQUIREMENTS:
* To be considered for this position, candidates must have experience in a similar role, or they must possess significant knowledge, experience, and abilities to successfully perform the responsibilities listed
* Relevant education and/or training will be considered a plus
Must have experience with:
* Strong routing troubleshooting
* BGP
* Route propagation
* Asymmetric routing
* Route tables and effective routes
* Network failover analysis
* Azure networking
* VNet Peering
* Azure Firewall
* NSGs
* UDRs
* Load Balancers
* Private Endpoints
* Private DNS
* Azure Application Gateway
* Azure API Management
* DNS troubleshooting
* Azure Private DNS
* Conditional forwarding
* Split-horizon DNS
* DNS resolution analysis
* Bind
* VPN troubleshooting
* Site-to-site VPN
* IPSec
* Azure to AWS connectivity
* Terraform (ability to read and troubleshoot existing code)
Nice to have:
* FortiGate
* AKS networking
* Linux networking
* HA/DR validation and failover testing
The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.
We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.
Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.
This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.
Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
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- Dice Id: kforcecx
- Position Id: ITWQG2186793
- Posted 1 day ago
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